Paso Robles man accused of murdering pregnant girlfriend headed to trial
February 23, 2021
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
A San Luis Obispo judge ruled last week enough evidence exists for a rural Paso Robles man to stand trial for the murder of his girlfriend and the couple’s unborn baby.
In 2019, Daniel Raul Rodriguez Johnson, 33, allegedly stabbed his girlfriend multiple times, killing her and the baby. Johnson’s girlfriend, Carrington Jane Broussard, 27, was nine months pregnant at the time and was scheduled to have a a C-section the week Johnson allegedly killed her.
Authorities discovered Broussard’s body at the couple’s Heritage Ranch area home after Johnson fled law enforcement in a stolen CHP vehicle.
San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Craig van Rooyen ruled Thursday, Feb. 18, that there was enough evidence to try a Paso Robles man for two counts of murder after the stabbing death of his pregnant girlfriend.
Case against man charged with murdering pregnant girlfriend in Heritage Ranch heading to trial
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Daniel Raul Rodriguez Johnson appears in court for his initial arraignment on March 7, 2019. (KSBY photo)
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The case against a man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend at their Heritage Ranch home in 2019 will move forward to trial.
Daniel Raul Rodriguez Johnson was held to answer on all charges following his preliminary hearing last week in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court.
The 33-year-old is charged with two counts of murder plus carjacking, evading a peace officer, theft of a law enforcement vehicle, resisting arrest, and exhibiting of a deadly weapon.
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